Photo: Paul Litherland, courtesy of the artist
In recent projects, guided by her interest in the somatic, artist My-Van Dam has, in turn, mobilized drawing, video, sound, sculpture, assemblage, and movement. By creating and maintaining a space of trust and exchange, this approach allows her to probe her own experience, as well as that of her collaborators, and to examine persistent intergenerational trauma and memory. Her works pay close attention to what lies deep inside the body, seeking not to reveal with precision the past pains that lurk there, but rather to tame them, to make them coexist with the world, and to activate their healing.
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